TY - BOOK AU - edited by Arnold, David AU - Guha, Ramachandra TI - Nature, culture, imperialism: essays on the environmental history of South Asia SN - 9780195640755 U1 - 333.70954 ARN-D PY - 1995/// CY - India PB - Oxford University Press KW - South Asia KW - South Asia Environmental conditions KW - Ecology N1 - This volume collects a set of pioneering essays on the environmental history of South Asia from a distinguished international group of historians. Environmental history is a fast developing field of critical enquiry. In both ecological and cultural terms. South Asia is characterized by an unparalleled diversity. Ecological degradation, and the social conflicts that have come in its wake, have further underlined the need for historical research in this field ER -